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Testimony of Aron Grende regarding his experiences living with partisans in the forest after escaping the Piaski Ghetto

Testimony of Aron Grende regarding his experiences living with partisans in the forest after escaping the Piaski Ghetto Escape from the Piaski Ghetto to the forest; joining a group of 80 Jews, including the elderly, women, and children; buying weapons; appearance of Ivanek, a Russian Jewish officer, and his taking command of the group. Activities of the partisans in the forest: Attacks on local villagers collaborating with the Germans; killing Germans attempting to enter the forest; ambushes on Germans driving on the road next to the forest; helping a group of 300 Jews living in the forest to survive:...

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish, Yiddish

Memoirs of Vladimir Shatzman, born in Daugavpils, Latvia in 1936, regarding his experiences while serving with the partisans in the Kobrin district, in the Bereznyaki region, in the Luninets district, in the Red Army in Gomel and more Life in the Red Army at the beginning of the war; taken captive on 29 July 1941; hiding his Jewish origin; escape from Byala Podlyaska POW camp on 14 September 1941; finding hiding places in Byala Podlyaska until August 1942; escape across the Bug River; capture by Ukrainian policemen; escape to various places; joining the partisans in the Kobrin district; activities of the...

File Number : 5020

Type of Material : Letter, Certification, Diary, Newspaper Clippings, Memoirs

Language : Russian

Memoirs of Serafim Alekseyev, born in Ukraine in 1921, regarding his experiences in Okshey, serving with the partisans in the Zhelekhov region and in Adamov, serving in the Red Army in Matseyevichi and more Capture by the Germans on 24 June 1941; escape from a train on 24 March 1942; escape across the Wisla River to Okshey; escape and work in the houses of peasants; life and work on Mrs. Pavlovskaya's estate; arrival of Jewish girls to work in the fields in April 1942; information regarding the experiences of Polish Jews; falling in love with Zosya, a Jewess; transfer of the girls from the estate by the...

File Number : 4225

Type of Material : Memoirs, List of Murdered Persons

Language : Polish, Russian

Documents pertaining to the service of Moniek Sztalhamer in the Armia Ludowa (AL- Polish Peoples' Guard, a World War II resistance movement in Poland, organized by the Polish Workers Party, until 1944 known as the Gwardia Ludowa), 1944 - Soldier's certificate of Moniek Sztalhamer, born in Krasnik, 1923, who served in the Armia Ludowa (AL- Polish Peoples' Guard, a World War II resistance movement in Poland, organized by the Polish Workers Party, known as the Gwardia Ludowa until 1944); the certificate was issued in Lublin, 31 July 1944; - Confirmation of the service of Moniek Sztalhamer in a partisan unit...

File Number : 632

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Official Documentation

Language : Polish, Russian